Thursday, March 31, 2016

A loyal readers have known for a very long time, Britain has a very heavy handed Nanny.

Now comes proof of what we already knew, statistics put together by the Institute of Economic Affairs show that Britain is the third worst country in the European Union for nanny state regulation.

The 2016 Nanny State Index,
published today, shows that on Finland and Sweden are more meddling that British Nanny. by the Institute of Economic Affairs, gave every EU
country a score out of 100 according to how it regulates private
lifestyle choices on alcohol, food, soft drinks, tobacco and
e-cigarettes.

Finland is the EU's number one Nanny state thanks to its taxes on
chocolate, soft drinks, alcohol and tobacco. Finland also has an
outright ban on e-cigarettes, a ban on happy hours and heavy
restrictions on advertising.

No link between regulation and longer life expectancy was found.

Countries with heavy regulation of alcohol do not have lower rates of
drinking, and countries with heavy regulation of tobacco do not have
lower rates of smoking.

Christopher Snowdon, head of lifestyle
economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said:

“The obvious conclusion is that nanny state regulation does not work.”

Thursday, March 17, 2016

I am ungemused to see that St Jamie of Oliver has managed to persuade Osborne to tax the white stuff.

In a faux attempt to reduce obesity, sugar laden drinks will be taxed. Theoretically the money raised will go fund school sports. That of course is BS, as taxes raised simply go into one great big pot and spent as Nanny sees fit.

As to the increase in pricing of fizzy sugary drinks, it will not make one iota of difference to consumption.

Unlike third world countries, where people on the breadline have reduced the consumption as a result of the tax, the UK is not yet a third world country. As such people will not be forced to reduce their consumption of sugary drinks by the addition of a few pennies to the sales price.

In short, it's gesture politics designed to play the gallery of simpletons.

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

As such, Nanny will do her level best to extract ever more money out of us and meddle in our daily lives via changing tax rates, rules and regulations etc so that we are made to think that she is busy doing something useful.

Permit me if you will, a minor venting of my spleen on the issue of Nanny's financial meddling.

As loyal readers know, Nanny loves to lecture us about our eating, drinking, smoking, exercise habits on the pretext that she wants us to live longer.

I ask though, what is the point of living longer?

The elderly are treated appallingly in many of Nanny's care homes, in fact some elderly people are literally starved to death.

Those that escape care homes find their pensions (both state and private) buggered around with because of Nanny's ever changing rules on retirement ages, tax, size of allowable pension pot, amount of state pension etc etc.

Therefore I ask, what is the point of living longer or even bothering to save for retirement when, one way or another, Nanny will rob you blind and starve you to death?

Monday, March 14, 2016

It has been a wee while since I have awarded my prestigious and world acclaimed "Prats of The Week" Award. Thus, without further ado, I am proud to announce that this week it goes to Pembroke JCR of Cambridge University.

For why?

The learned students of Pembroke have got their knickers in a twist over the theme of a forthcoming dance (BOP). Initially it was going to be themed Around The World in 80 Days. However, for reasons that only students could come up with, the theme has been banned.

It seems that Pembroke were worried about offending ethnic minorities.

Eh?

Well you see, people would come in costume.

Still not with you?

The costumes would be from various parts of the world.

So?

Pembroke feel that cultural appropriation may be offensive. Hence, they have banned it.

Here is an extract from the University online newspaper The Tab, explaining this nonsense.

Students divided into two camps over whether the JCR is restricting
their freedom of expression or preventing offence towards ethnic
minorities

Pembroke JCR decided to change the theme from “Around the World in 80 Days” due to a fear of the “potential for offense” [sic].In an email sent to Pembroke students earlier this week, the Junior
Parlour Committee said a lengthy debate preceded the decision to change
the theme of the bop.

Yet again students are displaying all the traits that university is meant to knock out of people, namely:

Friday, March 11, 2016

Apparently, if you choose to believe the research, carbohydrates are now being blamed for fuelling lung cancer.

A new study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, has revealed a 49% increase in risk among people consuming a diet with a high glycemic index.

In the UK, there are around 45,525 new cases of the disease diagnosed
each year, while 35,371 people lose their life to the disease annually,
according to Cancer Research UK.

Dr Wu, who had something to do with the study, is quoted by the Telegraph:

"The results from this study suggest that, besides
maintaining healthy lifestyles, such as avoiding tobacco, limiting
alcohol consumption and being physically active, reducing the
consumption of foods and beverages with high glycemic index may serve as
a means to lower the risk of lung cancer."

In other words, stop enjoying your life.

I have a simpler solution, simply stop smoking bread and bagels, instead why not just eat them with a liberal coating of butter and other fats!

Thursday, March 10, 2016

In an attempt to reduce the risk of accidents and upsets in the school playground, Nanny's chums from Christ the King school, in Bramley, Leeds, have banned "Tig" (aka tag) from being played in the playground.

It seems that on certain occasions, children's "clothes were torn" and pupils were left "upset".

The school said the temporary measure, which started in January, was to allow pupils time to "settle down a bit".

According to the BBC, the school has a "Five Rules" policy, which includes "keep hands to self".

Neil
Ryan, head teacher at Christ the King, said:

"While we are always keen
to see our pupils enjoying games at break times, we've had a few
instances recently of children being upset and having clothes torn
during games of tig.

As a temporary measure, and to allow the
children some time to settle down a bit, we have decided to ask pupils
not to play tig in our small playground for now.

The space is
quite small, which we believe contributed to some of the issues which
have happened, but once the weather improves and the larger school field
is available to use, the children will be able to play tig again."

I can see his point, and that the school has only placed a temporary ban on it..

However, to my view, children will best learn how to deal with minor accidents and conflict resolution if they are allowed to play games such as this rather than be banned from playing them.

Tuesday, March 08, 2016

My sympathies to the good people of the USA, it seems that your Nanny is every bit as daft our our Nanny.

Metro reports that two volunteer firefighters (Captain James Kelley and Sergeant Virgil Bloom of the Falmouth
Volunteer Fire Department in Fredericksburg) were suspended after they transported an
18-month-old girl to hospital in a fire engine, an act which ultimately
saved her life.

They were the first responders to
a call of a child having a seizure near a branch of McDonald’s. When the firefighters arrived, the girl was limp but still breathing.
She had another seizure upon arrival at hospital, but quickly
recovered.

Unfortunately Kelley and Bloom were suspended because, their fire
engine is licensed as a ‘non-transport unit’ and doesn’t have the proper
equipment that an ambulance would have.

Monday, March 07, 2016

Those of you with very long memories may recall that my first ever article on this site (published on 18th September 2004) was about Nanny's hatred of salt.

Well here we are, some twelve years on and 3,760 articles later, and Nanny is still whining about how much salt we are eating.

Our old chums from Consensus Action on Salt and Health (Cash) claim that there has been a "shocking" rise in the salt
content of food and seemingly healthy soups contain more than a portion
of takeaway pizza.

Seemingly products such as tinned tomato soup, cheddar cheese and chilled ready
meals are among the worst offenders for increasing salt in recent years.

Who would have thought that cheese and soup contained salt?

According to The Telegraph, the saltiest soup tested was Baxters vegetarian Italian tomato and
basil, with 3.5g salt per 400g can. This contains more salt than a
McDonald's Big Mac and large fries (just over 3.1g), the research found.

Hoozah!

Folks, you all know my solution, simply add sugar and voila the problem is solved!

What I have never understood is why a group of people take it upon themselves to set up an organisation that seeks to dictate to everyone else what they should/should not eat?

Friday, March 04, 2016

I am gemused to see that Nanny has become very upset about the fact that there is a lot of swearing in the army, as such army instructors are being told to tone down their swearing, following a Newsbeat documentary.

Good luck with that then, what with how dangerous it is on the battlefield I would have thought that swearing was the last issue on the minds of those who serve Queen and country!

Wednesday, March 02, 2016

Tomkinson's Schooldays Part 1by natchezoo
As part of her ongoing efforts to eliminate any form of challenge, stimulation and sport in kids' lives Nanny has decreed that rugby tackles are far too dangerous and should be banned.

The BBC reports that over 70 doctors and academics are calling for a ban on tackling in rugby matches played in UK and Irish schools.

In
an open letter to ministers, they say injuries from this "high-impact
collision sport" can have lifelong consequences for children.

They
argue two thirds of injuries in youth rugby and most concussions are
down to tackles and urge schools to move to touch and non-contact rugby.

Once you remove the tackle from rugby, you have in effect emasculated the game.

I used to have to play rugby at school, I absolutely loathed it and was utterly useless at it. However, those who wish to play it should be allowed to do so.

Once Nanny has banned rugby, she will move on to other sports and competitive games. Thereby eliminating all challenges, risks and stimulation from kids' lives!

Tuesday, March 01, 2016

Despite the fact that e fags are meant to help wean smokers off real fags, our EU overlords see an opportunity to make some money and have decided to tax them in the same manner as real fags.

As per the EUobserver EU countries are preparing to tax e-cigarettes under the same regime
as normal cigarettes, in a move likely to increase prices and to prompt a
fight among corporate lobbyists in Brussels.

Last Friday (26 February), member states’ ambassadors agreed to take
the first step by asking the European Commission to draft an
“appropriate legislative proposal” in 2017.

EU Nanny never misses a trick to screw even more taxes out of her hapless subjects!

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